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by tmm 1y ago
The difference is being seen in public is ephemeral and being recorded in public is eternal. In the former, your actions exist in fallible human memories for a short while at most; in the latter there is a permanent digital record of you, g
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by tmm 1y ago
And a long one at that. I’m sure I could do well as an electrician eventually, but there’s no way I could make it through 4+ years as an apprentice making $21/hr, and then another three as a journeyman (even if it pays double). Maybe w
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by tmm 1y ago
Safari mobile reader mode works fine. It even recognizes the “next page” links and renders all four at once.
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by tmm 1y ago
This one[1] has a meeting space that can be closed off from the rest of the store, with a TV or projector, and I’m pretty sure they’ve got a copier or at least an all-in-one printer. [1] https://maps.app.goo.gl/47RMhPAGNHXSn
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by tmm 1y ago
Does anyone what the "international symbol dictionary" Susan Kare used was?
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by tmm 2y ago
Many states do have something like 18F. Massachusetts has Mass Digital[1], Washington has WaTech[2], Maryland has announced[3] the formation of one. [1] https://www.mass.gov/orgs/massachusetts-digital-service [2] http
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by tmm 2y ago
> This opens up another very fasciniting [sic] possibility. A cell with two adjustable aluminum plates (a variable capacitor) might very well be useable as an efficient light dimmer. This is how early stage lights were dimmed. See https
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by tmm 2y ago
I wish Kaleidescape[1] was more affordable. It's a download rather than streaming service, with a comprehensive movie library (12,000+ titles) and you buy movies individually rather than a monthly subscription. But then you can watch t
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by tmm 2y ago
Would also like to see a ban on firmware updates and programming tools locked behind a dealer (or support contract) portal and a ban on time-restricted software licenses for hardware. In line with remote-bricking discontinued hardware, thes
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by tmm 2y ago
> Maybe we use some of those extra protection rings? Maybe not. Intel is considering removing rings 1 and 2 for a future 64-bit only x86 architecture, because they "are unused by modern software". https://www.intel.c
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by tmm 2y ago
Engine speed has nothing to do with power generation, these are totally separate systems. It's not like a diesel train with electric motors; on this ship (and most others) the engine is directly coupled to the prop. The engine requires
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by tmm 2y ago
> We’ve all heard how JFK outsmarted Nixon during their televised debate by wearing a blue shirt, because blue showed up as white whereas Nixon’s white shirt showed up as gray. Huh. I always heard that Nixon refused makeup and JFK didn’t
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by tmm 2y ago
I guess that’s true if you’re west of DC. Otherwise it’s Delmarva (DELaware, MARyland, VirginiA).
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by tmm 3y ago
Many (30ish) years ago, I subscribed (or my parents did on my behalf, I was 9) to Model Railroader magazine. A significant portion of that hobby seemed to be focused on this sort of photography and the construction or use of these lenses. I
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by tmm 3y ago
> And landmarks aren't static things, either? I'm curious how landmarks are done to preserve this, long term? At least in the US, the people in charge of this (the National Geodetic Survey) take movement into account. This[1] i
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by tmm 3y ago
Seems fitting to leave this here: https://youtu.be/1D2Q9-1EmB4?si=gXwIO3FzpSKkp3VV US Steel, Tom Russell
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by tmm 3y ago
Nothing to add about the article, but I think the Chrysler Building is the most beautiful skyscraper I’ve ever seen. Somehow it only ranks 9th in the list of America’s Favorite Architecture[1]. Which I suppose has more to do with name reco
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by tmm 3y ago
How about a "don't recommend things I've already watched" option? The thing is, I like having a watch history and I like having suggestions based on it. If I watch something that I don't want affecting my suggestion
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by tmm 3y ago
Your wraparound display is very cool. So my use case for outdoor displays is in the recreational marine market. Screen sizes are typically between 7" and 18" with some very high-end "glass bridge" displays coming in arou
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by tmm 3y ago
Color calibration - I'm not entirely sure what would be involved here, TBH. "Professional" in this context would be what a pro home AV installer[1] would look for, not what a Hollywood color grader would need. TV Tuner - Yes.
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by tmm 3y ago
That would be great. My main issue with smart TVs isn't the network connectivity, its their horrible UI. The menus are universally confusing, slow and poorly thought-out. And because these TVs have to have some complicated OS to run al
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by tmm 3y ago
I got two from Amazon recently and they both work out of the box with Linux. I suspect any you can find will work. They’re standard HID devices which send multimedia key codes like KEY_VOLUMEUP and KEY_VOLUMEDOWN https://www.amaz
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by tmm 4y ago
This is news to me. Do you have any example devices? Cursory internet search isn’t turning anything up. Verizon, the ILEC where I am, provides a text-to-voice service if you pay for it. Basically converts an SMS to voicemail. I guess IP pho
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by tmm 4y ago
It’s not for the next person. It’s to keep the stuff in the toilet, in the toilet, rather than as an aerosolized spray that gets spread about.[1][2] I guess it doesn’t really matter if your toilet is in its own room, but at least most house
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by tmm 4y ago
The number of people on this thread who leave cabinets open (and apparently come families of cabinet-door-openers) is astounding to me. Do you all leave toilet seats up too? What about the refrigerator? Car doors? Dresser drawers? Do you no
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by tmm 4y ago
Ha, I came here to post a link to that song. Anyway, here's the Guy Clark version! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxsTZyIS1ck Many years ago, the Amtrak station near my house had a pedestrian bridge across the tracks,
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by tmm 4y ago
That’s not strictly true. That was the first coast-to-coast call on the long-lines system. The first cross country call was made by Alexander Graham Bell to his old assistant Thomas Watson in January 1915. From then until November 1951, thi
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by tmm 4y ago
> but the diagrams don't say what those other lines were for, so if anyone knows... Telephones. Telephones are why. Those other two pairs were often used for voice communication. If you had four-pair station cabling, the pairs were
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by tmm 4y ago
There's a second bug related to this. If you click on any file in your repo, then click the browser's back button, instead of parts of your README rendered as math, you get a red box with 'Unable to render expression'. N
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by tmm 4y ago
This is the approach I took when I was teaching myself C in the late '90s. Indent with tabs, align with spaces intuitively made a lot of sense. Then I started using code formatters, initially `indent', then vim plugins. Eventually

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